It seems to me like the hardest thing about the VoG is getting a 6 man fireteam together. How is spending a week in the Iron Banner event and going up against lvl. 30 guardians to get a high enough rank to buy lvl. 30 gear so much easier than the raid. I realize that the raid is difficult and requires strategy but there are players who haven't done raids but have worked hard to get the items that they do have. Also, the raid, weekly strikes and nightfall strikes exclude a lot of people because if you don't know five other people it's basically impossible to get a fireteam together without matchmaking or a general chat function.